telluride
/ˈtɛl.jə.raɪd/noun
telluride is spelled T-E-L-L-U-R-I-D-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, telluride means “A binary compound of a metal with tellurium; metal salts of tellurane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of telluride is tellurides.
How many letters and syllables are in telluride?
| Letters | 9: T-E-L-L-U-R-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 47,073rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is telluride?
Telluride appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,073rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce telluride?
- /ˈtɛl.jə.raɪd/
Telluride has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-telluride.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of telluride
- tellurides plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does telluride mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A binary compound of a metal with tellurium; metal salts of tellurane
- 2
Any organic compound of general formula R₂Te (R not = H), the tellurium analogues of ethers
- 3
Sylvanite, silver gold telluride.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Telluride in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense binary compound of tellurium:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does telluride come from?
From tellurium + -ide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).